Vadodara-Mumbai expressway work gathers steam

The much-awaited expressway work between Vadodara and Mumbai is likely to begin by May 2012.

| TNN | Updated: Jan 30, 2012, 23:19 IST

SURAT: The much-awaited expressway work between Vadodara and Mumbai is likely to begin by May 2012.

The 379-km expressway is expected to be completed in four years and the work begins immediately after the construction of 93-km stretch of Ahmedabad- Vadodara expressway under Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) project that connects Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata-Delhi.

"The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) project is also underway. This stretch of expressway would lead to big time growth and development for the adjoining areas," said Union minister of state for road development Tushar Chaudhary.

The proposed road is marked to the west of the NH-8 from Vadodara and will run west till Kim in Surat district. Thereafter, it will turn east to the NH-8 till Gujarat border in Vadodara, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Valsad.

From there the road will turn towards west into the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and then to east at Vasai near Mumbai before entering Raigad district bypassing Mumbai.

"There will be about 12 major interchanges in Gujarat and eight in Maharashtra," said NHAI official.

"The road will be eight-lane except Vadodara-Bharuch stretch which will be six-lane pavement quality concrete (PQC) road," he added.

The Union minister said, "Work to acquire over 6,000 hectares of land is going on. NHAI is carrying out tendering and documentation process for the Rs 17,000 crore project."

This part of the expressway would begin from Vadodara and end at Dahisar on the outskirts of Mumbai near Fountain Hotel but will have a spur line from Vasai to Kalyan and beyond for the bypass to Mumbai city.

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